Event Program Book Septeto Nacional De Cuba ; "Ignacio Pineiro" Takacs
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'c\ urr Winter/Spring 2011 Season • 132nd Annual Season General Information Event Program Book Thursday, April 7 through Saturday, April 23, 2011 On-site ticket offices at performance venues open 90 minutes before each performance. Septeto Nacional de Cuba ; Children of all ages are welcome at "Ignacio Pineiro" UMS Family and Youth Performances. April 7, 8:00 pm ' ' " . : . Children under the age of 3 will not be Hill Auditorium • admitted to regular, full length UMS performances. All children must be able to sit quietly in their own seats Takacs Quartet without disturbing other patrons. Friday, April 8, 8:00 pm • ,'••-.•.•• - . -•.-.' Children unable to do so, along with Rackham Auditorium the adult accompanying them, will be asked by an usher to leave the audito rium. Please use discretion in choosing Tetzlaff Quartet 13 to bring a child. Saturday, April 9, 8:00 pm Rackham Auditorium • • ,•' Remember, everyone must have a ticket, regardless of age. Tony Alien's Secret Agent 19 Saturday, April 16, 8:00 pm . While in the Auditorium Hill Auditorium Starting Time Every attempt is made to begin concerts on time. Latecomers Songs and Waltzes of Love , 23 are asked to wait in the lobby until Saturday, April 23, 8:00 pm > ' '' ' ' ; seated by ushers at a predetermined time in the program. Hill Auditorium Cameras and recording equipment are prohibited in the auditorium. If you have a question, ask your usher. They are here to help. Please turn off your cellular phones and other digital devices so that everyone may enjoy this UMS event disturbance- free. In the interests of saving both dollars and the environment, please either retain this program book and return with it when you attend other UMS performances included in this edition or return- it to your usher when leaving the venue. i March 9 | Scharoun Ensemble Berlin Winter 2011 10-13 i Druid and Atlantic Theater Company: ; Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of i January \ Inishmaan 2 | NT Live: Hamlet 19 ! Detroit Symphony Orchestra with the 14-15 i Laurie Anderson's Delusion I UMS Choral Union: Fleming, soprano 16 i Renee | Mahler's Symphony No.-8 Canceled 21-22; GrupoCorpo 24 Bach Collegium Japan: Shenandoah 23 i Joanne Bach's Mass in b minor 27 ; Sequentia 30- Apr3 Propeller: Shakespeare's Richard III and 30 ; Baby Loves Salsa Family Performances The Comedy of Errors 30 | NT Live: FELA! ; April I February 2 i St. Petersburg Philharmonic with 1 I The Cleveland Orchestra with I Nikolai Lugansky, piano . i Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano 6 i NT Live: Frankenstein at Lincoln Center Orchestra with 2 | Jazz 7 ; Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piheiro | Wynton Marsalis Canceled i de Cuba 4 | New Century Chamber Orchestra with 8 I Takacs Quartet: Schubert Concert 3 i Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin 9 i Tetzlaff Quartet 10 i Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert 16 i Tony Alien's Afrobeat Tour Johnson Centennial Concert | 23 I Liebeslieder Waltzes (Songs and 11 i Rafat Blechacz, piano i Waltzes of Love) 12 i Vijay lyerTrio and Rudresh Mahanthappa's i Apex i May 13 I Concertante with Rafat Blechacz, piano 14 i Breakin' Curfew 18-19; Merce Cunningham Dance Company: ! The Legacy Tour July 20 i Takacs Quartet: Schubert Concert 2 17 NT Live: The Cherry Orchard 20 I NT Live: King Lear 23 ! Kodo UMS Educational and Community Events Through Saturday, April 23, 2011 All UMS educational activities are free, open to the public, and take place in Ann Arbor unless otherwise noted. For complete details and updates, please visit www.ums.org or contact the UMS Education Department at 734.615.4077 or [email protected]. ^ Organization continue the dancing at a post- Tony Alien's Afrobeat Tour concert after party! $5 cover; complimentary admission with a ticket stub from the concert. After Party! Cash bar. Saturday, April 16, post-performance Elks Lodge, 220 Sunset Road A collaboration with the United African Community Organization and Dark Matter. Following Tony Alien's performance, UMS, Dark Matter, and the United African Community urns presents Septeto National de Cuba "Ignacio Piiieiro" Eugenio Rodriguez Rodriguez, Director and Lead Vocals Enrique A. Collazo Collazo, Guitar and Vocals Dagoberto Sacerio Oliva, Guitar and Vocals Agustin Someillan Garcia, Trumpet Raul Acea Rivera, Bass Crispin Diaz Hernandez, Maracas and Vocals Francisco David Oropesa Fernandez, Bongos Program Thursday Evening, April 7, 2011 at 8:00 Hill Auditorium • Ann Arbor Tonight's program will be announced from the stage by the artists and will be performed without intermission. 63rd Performance of the Media partnership is provided by WEMU 89.1 FM, Michigan Chronicle, and 132nd Annual Season Metro Times. Septeto Nadonal de Cuba appears by arrangement with Opus 3 Artists, New York, UMS Global: NY, and is managed by Global Arts Management, Canada. Americas & Americans The photographing or sound and video recording of this concert or possession of any device for such recording is prohibited. Large print programs are available upon request. UMS 10/11 Septeto Nacional de Cuba or more than 80 years, Septeto Nacional 1932, George Gershwin traveled to Cuba and de Cuba has reigned supreme as the world's heard the music of Septeto Nacional. He and F foremost champion and protector of Cuban Pineiro became friends and the influence of the son, the musical heartbeat of Cuba. The seven- latter's "Echale Salsita" can even be heard in piece band was founded in 1927 by wildly prolific Gershwin's own Cuban Overture. As the genre Cuban bassist Ignacio Pineiro Martfnez. Since then, gained popularity, songs like "Esas no son the group has seen an array of Cuban musical Cubanas" and "Suavecito" filled the dance and superstars pass through its ranks, including music halls on both sides of the Atlantic, laying a Abelardo Barroso, Miguelito Valdes, Bienvenido foundation for what is today known as salsa. Granda, and Carlos Embale. In 2003, Septeto Nacional de Cuba enjoyed "...the greatest living real band in the world." —Ry Cooder Today, Eugenio Rodriguez "Raspa" and Frank a triumphal return to the elite, being nominated Oropesa "El Matador" carry Pinero's musical torch for a Grammy Award in the category "Traditional as leaders of the group, keeping the original Tropical Music." Since then, the group has acoustic Rumba sound while also incorporating appeared in over 35 countries and five continents, elements of contemporary harmonization, wider including the US, Mexico, Algeria, Canada, rhythmic concepts, and an exceptional repertoire Colombia, Denmark, Venezuela, England, Norway, that includes the most important Cuban hits, many Switzerland, France, Ireland, Spain, Germany, of which were written by Pineiro himself. Cuban Turkey, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. son combines elements of Spanish candon and The septet is currently recognized as Patrimonio guitar music with African rhythms and percussion Nacional de la Cultura Cubana (a national treasure and gained immense popularity around the turn of Cuban culture) for the quality of its dedication of the century, continuing through the 1940s. The to the roots of Cuban son. In 2009, the Septeto history of the genre is closely tied to Ignacio Pineiro, made history with its highly acclaimed return to who originally founded the Septeto Nacional. the US—its first American tour in 76 years. The group made its first recording in 1928 and simultaneously embarked on its international UMS welcomes Septeto Nacional de Cuba as it career. In subsequent years, the ensemble's makes its UMS debut tonight. ' ' " . membership went through various changes as other son bands heightened the competition. For Septeto Nacional de Cuba After the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the group was reinvigorated. Some of its original members Ricardo Roberto Oropesa Fernandez, Cultural Promoter returned and the Septeto recorded several IPs. In Daniel Angel Daniel Pajare, Audio Technician COME ALL TICKETS (734) 764-2538 University Musical Society would like to thank Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling for their sponsorship of this evening's performance. & Ami ROSenthal'S dream is to ensure that live arts performances for K-12 students will continue at UMS for generations to come. Prue and Ami Rosenthal believe it is vital for You can make a gift to preserve for future children to have the opportunity to experience generations the part of UMS that is most live performances. 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'< n ,^f available to schoolchildren into the future. urns SCHUBERT CYCLE CONCERT 3' presents Takacs Quartet Edward Dusinberre, Violin Karoly Schranz, Violin Geraldine Walther, Viola Andras Fejer, Cello and Jeffrey Kahane, Piano Paul Katz, Ce//o John Feeney, Double Bass Program Friday Evening, April 8, 2011 at 8:00 Rackham Auditorium • Ann Arbor Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 Allegro vivace Andante Scherzo: Presto—Trio Theme and Variations: Andantino—Allegretto Finale: Allegro guisto Mr. Kahane, Mr. Feeney INTERMISSION Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 Allegro ma non troppo Adagio Scherzo: Presto—Trio: Andante sostenuto Allegretto Mr. Katz •'"""" 64th Performance of the Tonight's performance is sponsored by Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling.